Central Banks and Cash Round-Up

In this periodic series of articles covering cash information in central bank annual reports, this month it is the turn of Malaysia, Thailand, and Tunisia.

Central Bank of Tunisia (CBT)

Cash in circulation: the value of banknotes and coins in circulation, which has been on the rise for several years, recorded an annual increase of 10.7% to TND 20.84 billion in 2023, compared with TND 18.8 billion in 2022. Banknotes accounted for 97.6%.

The 20 dinar banknotes are the most widely used (TND 12.3 billion), followed by 50 dinar banknotes (TND 3.9 billion) and 10 dinar banknotes (TND 3.8 billion).

As far as coins are concerned, the 1 dinar coin was the most widely used by Tunisians (TND 164 million) by the end of 2023. This was followed by the 5 dinar coin, worth an overall value of TND 139.7 million, the 500 millime coin (TND 61.7 million) and the 2 dinar coin (TND 58.7 million).